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Wheelchair is not a hindrance to creativity

In Vitebsk, a competition of the modern masters of choreography, which this year for the first time involved the dance theater of the Swiss city of Basel, Basel Dance Company. Viewers have not seen his performance, but the head of the team Galina Gladkova-Hoffman has already won the hottest applause at the opening concert of the festival: in the traditional view of the Swiss choreographer contestants appeared on stage in a wheelchair.

How to share Galina Gladkova-Hoffmann, limited physical abilities, not a hindrance to this work. "I used to dance myself, was a soloist with Opera in Basel. But in 17 years, had an accident, I fell from a horse, after a spinal fracture became disabled. After some time, the company established its own choreography, I am its leader. And come to Belarus at this great festival, "- said the Swiss choreographer.

 

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